iPhone users
The Best Voice-to-Text Apps for iPhone in 2026
Apple's built-in dictation works, and then you hit its limits: no cleanup, no rewriting, and spoken punctuation. A dedicated app fixes those. The list below is organized by what you want, and every fact links back to a dated comparison.
Check three things before you pick
Where the audio goes. Some apps send speech to a server to transcribe it, and some run the model on your phone. Wispr Flow says its transcription always happens in the cloud. DictaWiz and Spokenly run models on the device.
Whether it is a keyboard. A keyboard types into any app: Messages, Mail, Slack, your browser. An app you open separately and paste from adds a step every time. Every iPhone keyboard that uses the microphone needs Allow Full Access, so look at what the app says it does with it.
What it costs over a year. Several apps charge $9 to $15 a month with no lifetime option. DictaWiz and Spokenly have one-time options, and DictaWiz's core on-device features are free.
Picks by need
Dictation that stays on the phone, plus AI in the keyboard: DictaWiz. It rewrites, replies and translates the text in the field you are in, on the device, and also turns meetings and lectures into speaker-labeled transcripts.
Free local dictation: Spokenly has free, unlimited local models and an iPhone keyboard.
Cleanup across many languages with a cloud service: Wispr Flow lists 100+ languages and has a keyboard on iPhone, with a free tier and subscriptions.
A Mac-first workflow: Superwhisper and MacWhisper are built for the Mac, with local models.
How we checked
Prices, privacy claims and keyboard support come from each vendor's own pages and the App Store, then independent reviews. Where a vendor page and a review disagree, the vendor page is used. Each comparison page lists its sources and the date it was checked, and prices change, so confirm with the vendor before you pay.
